This is the revised and updated edition of the authors' excellent 1999 guide to the varied meditative practices around the world, with 43 chapters on techniques from Yoga breathing to Quaker worship, Buddhist brush painting to Sufi dancing, Tai Chi to Biofeedback. It describes all the major forms of Eastern and Western religious practice; techniques derived from Asian and African customs; and meditations found in life practices like sports, gardening, and creative arts, and provides a self-test on personal habits and preferences to help readers choose a practice to fit their tastes and circumstances.

"A wonderful source for the many ways of going-in, for the letting-go the soul longs for. You will go back to it, as to a spring, again and again, for fresh water."—Coleman Barks

"[This book] is indeed the most comprehensive and informative guide to the diversity of meditative practices I've ever read.... Being someone who has felt inadequate meditating with the more popular forms, after reading this book I felt liberated to fly with numerous possibilities."—Ruth Barrett